News Lights out? PG&E plans to shut off power for more than 800K customers in California to reduce wildfire risk October 8, 2019October 9, 2019John Bacon, USA TODAYComments Off on Lights out? PG&E plans to shut off power for more than 800K customers in California to reduce wildfire risk Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison may shut off power for nearly a million customers in an effort to prevent wildfires.